PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fedor Emelianenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Bosse (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Emelianenko
vs
Bosse

183 cm
18
234 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

182 cm
23
224 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Fedor Emelianenko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Steve Bosse!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Valeri Chadov and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Emelianenko fails with a takedown attempt.

Bosse lands a big head kick that sends Emelianenko tumbling to the mat! Bosse takes a step backwards and waves Emelianenko back to his feet - he wants the finish!

It looks like Fedor Emelianenko has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Bosse dives in and scores a takedown into Emelianenko's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Emelianenko looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Bosse passes into side control.
Bosse creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Emelianenko is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Bosse off and has taken his back!
Bosse is really stuck here.
Emelianenko could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Bosse just trying to survive but Emelianenko is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Emelianenko throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Bosse!
Emelianenko lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Emelianenko is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Bosse defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Bosse manages to reverse the position and now he's in Emelianenko's guard. Nice work there by Bosse.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Emelianenko is looking to sinch up a triangle. Bosse throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Emelianenko's body to avoid the submission. Emelianenko has instead reached around Bosse's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Emelianenko arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Fedor Emelianenko!